A lot has happened since the disco ball started spinning in Munich discotheques in the 1970s for the first time. Thirty years later, its motor has gained new drive and the ball is spinning faster than ever. Partly responsible for this renaissance is the Munich label Permanent Vacation.
Founded by Tom Bioly and Benjamin Fröhlich during Germany's tropical summer of 2006, Permanent Vacation has not only survived in the obscure jungle of modern dance music, but has established itself as a flagship of the disco movement and its variations, such as Balearic, cosmic, Krautrock or proto-house, all of which have become extremely popular on all continents. Permanent Vacation was able to establish themselves within 4 years as one of the most cutting edge, universal dance labels In the world, releasing music from artists like Tensnake, Aeroplane, Holy Ghost!, Azari & III, Kathy Diamond, Todd Terje, Antena, Woolfy vs. Projections, Hercules and Love Affair, DMX Krew and many others.
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PERMVAC 195-1LP
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$20.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 11/22/2019
Based in Munich, Germany, the producer, part-time DJ, and Permanent Vacation label co-head Tom Bioly, aka TB, delivers new romantics, inspired by influences like The Cure's "The Holy Hour", Boards of Canada's late '90s electronica, Miami Vice tropic percussion, and Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks. Acid drops, string distortions, lush melody bits, hushed robo vox, and washed space guitars are being layered and sprinkled over machine beats and disco drums. TB's first release "Invitation To Love" made it on John Talabot's vinyl-only Hiverned 10" imprint (2012) and was voted amongst the best 10" releases by UK Fact Magazine. The title track on follow-up EP City Girl on Permanent Vacation (2015), was licensed to the independent film All These Sleepless Nights by director Michal Marczak. In 2017, TB followed with Heartbreak Hotel (PERMVAC 166-1EP), a double twelve-inch release with eight tracks of melancholic dance noir set in smoke-filled darkness. In 2018, he followed with the Night Heat single, of which a RMXD EP with contributions by Gerd Janson, Sascha Funke, DJ Hotel, and Bostro Pesopeo. Includes printed inner sleeve and download code.
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PERMVAC 189-1EP
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Ever since his first exposure to euro-dance pop as a twelve year-old kid, Berlin native Sascha Funke followed the siren call of electronic music. By now he has carved out a spot at the forefront of leading-edge dance music through delivering the goods. From his early Bpitch and Kompakt years (Tracks like "Bravo" or "Mango" became some sort of all-time classics), The Saschienne project with his partner in crime Julienne Dessagne (aka Fantastic Twins), his synth wave and post-punk-inspired album Lotus Land (EF 017CD/LP, 2017), twisted piano house on Turbo, Krautrock spheres on Multi Culti to hypnotizing psychedelic on Hippie Dance. Genex 1 is his first full on EP for Permanent Vacation; here, Sascha proves once more that he definitely needs his own record shop section: three genre-bending tracks, full of quirky yet poppy melodies veering among cosmic trance, space techno and leftfield Italo to light up the Bengalos on any dance floor.
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PERMVAC 191-1EP
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Remixed versions of TB's 2018 release Night Heat (PERMVAC 177-1EP). With contributions from Gerd Janson, Sascha Funke, DJ Hotel, and Bostro Pesopeo it's all in the game; tropic machine rhythms, Chicago grooves, pinball lazerfunk, and a touch of new romance techno. Producer, part-time DJ, and Permanent Vacation label co-head Tom Bioly, aka TB, is based in Munich, Germany. Silver and black color riso-print and TB sticker.
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PERMVAC 192-1EP
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Five producers take on their favorite tracks from Benjamin Fröhlich's debut album Amiata (PERMVAC 186-1LP). First up is Panoramabar resident Massimiliano Pagliara with a raving disco remix of "The Big Sun" in the best Metro Area and Balihu tradition. Rhode & Brown of Munich turn "Tivoli" into a choral house affair for late nights and early mornings, while Good Timin' boss Jex Opolis, funks and speeds up "Secret Alphabet". Leipzig's Panthera Krause comes up with a heart-warming electro version of "Memory FM". Cornelius Doctor from Lyon slices and dices "Secret Alphabet" into a chuggy acid monster.
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PERMVAC 190-1LP
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Woolfy Vs. Projections (aka Simon James and Dan Hastie) strike back with Destinations on Permanent Vacation. Destinations is their fourth studio album, which makes WVP the longest running artists on the label from their debut release back in 2007. Once again, Woolfy Vs. Projections make California (one of the few places where endless summer isn't just a hollow phrase) an outpost of the Balearic Islands and proof that they're truly one of the greats of the genre. Over the past decade, Simon and Dan created a prolific catalog of modern day classics with tracks like "Absynth" (described by Resident Advisor as "Air covering Steely Dan"), "Neeve", "Set Me Loose", or "Set It Up". Destinations definitely follows suits. Ten tracks that combine the classic West Coast sound, a twist of dark disco, with a deep Balearic twilight vibe. Includes download voucher.
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PERMVAC 188-1EP
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Direct and simple: Christian S embarks to Permanent Vacation and brings five house-not-house tunes. The bitter gloomy title track "Tannin" vibrates with a dry bassline over which an acid-flavored synth-line arguments with higher hi-hat spirits. With Columbian producer Sano, Christian S puts his love for percussive spheres on the table and created "Ritmo 6". "Passant" wafts gently while a nervous melody haunts the listener. Matias Aguayo added his very special ability for creating haunting chords and drums to the tune "Dancer". Cologne DJ and producer Korkut Elbay provides an edit of "Dancer" that concentrates on the witchy chord construction.
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PERMVAC 184-1EP
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DJ Hotel books a room in your heart with five classic deep house tracks to melt down your body and soul.
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PERMVAC 187-1EP
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Marvin & Guy return in full glory to Permanent Vacation after their 2017 Fire ! Fire ! EP (PERMVAC 156-1EP). "Hint Of '92" pays clear tribute to the techno/trance from early '90s. But they are not all about the pure retro-ness, instead M&G approach the matter with a contemporary point of view. The track also features fellow Italian Marika from Underspreche on vocals, who also contributed a discoid remix to the original. "Discoteque" may remind you of the early Marvin & Guy sound: rough, chunky, rocky, and full of disco-ish energy. While "Colours" is a calmer, yet mental trip.
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PERMVAC 185-1EP
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Cooper Saver is a Los Angeles based DJ and producer. Coastal Breeze is a collection of tracks Cooper produced at home in LA over the last year or so, aimed at the late-night dancefloor with an injection of California sunshine. Close friend and local hometown hero Indra Dunis of Peaking Lights was summoned for vocal duty on "The Search", rounding off this release as the ultimate embodiment of Cooper's surroundings.
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PERMVAC 186-1LP
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Benjamin Fröhlich has struck many chords in the arena of electronic music: as a party organizer and record shop owner in his early days, and now as a label owner, DJ, and producer. He is the co-founder of Permanent Vacation Records together with Tom Bioly, which has been up and running since the tropical summer of 2006. Emerging from the vibrant cosmic disco and Balearic scene, Permanent Vacation has been going strong over the past decade with genre-defining hits, albums, and compilations. Fröhlich and Bioly have worked together with the household names of the international electronic dance scene. They have scouted artists like John Talabot, Todd Terje, Tensnake, and Mano Le Tough early in their careers and released their breakthrough records. On top of his dedication to explore and feature rising as well as accomplished artists, Benjamin Fröhlich himself has emerged as a producer of vibrant tracks that are testament to his versatile and compelling approach to club music. His 12-inches, which were well received by DJs and clubbers alike, are accompanied by acclaimed remixes including his Tuff City Kids rework, which made it on Roman Flügel's Fabric mix (FABRIC 189CD, 2017). Now his first album is ready to go! Amiata is a conglomerate of Benjamin Fröhlich's longstanding experience. Just like his DJ sets and work for PV, each of the album's tracks expresses a different facet of his musical preferences. While keeping it under the roof of Benjamin's specific sound, the tracks range from dub hybrids to Italo, disco, and boogie inspired tracks, '90s spacy breakbeats, and electro to classic house ("Last Night" features rising US artist Dreamcast). It is an in-depth exploration of his background and Benjamin Fröhlich's passion to combine the unforgettable past and the gripping present with the tunes of tomorrow.
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PERMVAC 183-1EP
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Yør Kultura bends the fourth dimension, gently pushing you to fill in the vacuum between time and space. In 2016, Kris Danny and Raymon gave up their einzelganger status as DJs and unified as a collective. Yør Kultura was born in Rotterdam and didn't take too long to grow up and see the world. By not sticking to one specific genre, they founded a new music type which is still regarded as their trademark. Leaving the 4x4 basslines far, far ahead, switching from ecstasy to exultation to ecstasy to exultation, combining trippy flows with traditional sounds and a hypnotic bass.
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PERMVAC 181-1EP
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Fort Romeau follows his recent release on Ghostly International (SPC 140EP, 2018) and his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix with Heaven & Earth, four new psychedelic house cuts on Munich's Permanent Vacation.
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PERMVAC 003-1EP
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Antena's album Camino Del Sol (1982) is an electro-samba classic back from 1983, including several tracks produced by John Foxx. French electro master and head of Tigersushi Joakim turns the original into a deep and very tense electro-house track. Oslo's wonderboy Todd Terje comes along with a wonderful extended samba-electro-disco version, that stays closer to the original.
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PERMVAC 182-1EP
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Rude Collection is a vinyl sampler with four tracks from Benjamin Fröhlich, including two exclusive new remixes by Swedish sunny boy Axel Boman and Brazilian wonder woman Terr, plus the cosmic disco treatment of "Dream City" by Zombies In Miami and the percussion workout "Drums from Memory", both on vinyl for the first time.
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PERMVAC 059EP
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2019 repress, originally released in 2010. Midnight Magic releases their first single Beam Me Up, on Permanent Vacation. But who is Midnight Magic? They appear on stage as Tiffany Roth, Morgan Wiley, Carter Yasutake, W. Andrew Raposo, Max Goldman, Nick Roseboro, Caito Sanchez, Jason Disu and Andrew Frawley. They are servants of a secret fire (and some have played in Hercules & Love Affair) -- a psychedelic-soul army inspired by electro, funk, and disco from all around the world. Remixes by Gavin Russom, Jacques Renault, and The Loving Hand.
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PERMVAC 178-1EP
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Irish mastermind David Kitt, aka New Jackson, returns to Permanent Vacation with his forth record for the label. This time out he takes his beloved MPC and XOX machines back to Japan, their birthplace, for five imagined train journeys. The results are some of the most stunning and multi-layered music he has produced to date with that constant locomotion pushing us on down the tracks and providing the perfect soundtrack to the sights and romance of the land of the rising sun.
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PERMVAC 180LP
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Double LP version in slipcase with 5mm spine, black inner sleeves, includes download. Every other year the Permanent Vacation compilation nerve starts itching and if scratching doesn't do the trick anymore, they start collecting music from shores around the globe for a full screen bag of goodies. In this case the result is Permanent Vacation 5, the fifth installment of the Permanent Vacation compilation, the longest on-going series by the label. 12 exclusive tracks from old heroes and new stars that strike the full musical spectrum of Permanent Vacation, from blissful percussive Balearica, hypnotic house, fun loving disco to dubby affairs, emotion-rich electronica and glistening kosmiche, being aware of the past, living in the present, and rooted in the future. Features: Beesmunt Soundsystem, Sascha Funke, Julian Stetter, Perel, Musk, Davis, Chinaski, Chloé, Christian S, Personal Message, Cooper Saver, and Maajo.
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PERMVAC 180CD
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Every other year the Permanent Vacation compilation nerve starts itching and if scratching doesn't do the trick anymore, they start collecting music from shores around the globe for a full screen bag of goodies. In this case the result is Permanent Vacation 5, the fifth installment of the Permanent Vacation compilation, the longest on-going series by the label. 12 exclusive tracks from old heroes and new stars that strike the full musical spectrum of Permanent Vacation, from blissful percussive Balearica, hypnotic house, fun loving disco to dubby affairs, emotion-rich electronica and glistening kosmiche, being aware of the past, living in the present, and rooted in the future. Features: Beesmunt Soundsystem, Sascha Funke, Julian Stetter, Perel, Musk, Davis, Chinaski, Chloé, Christian S, Personal Message, Cooper Saver, and Maajo. CD version in jewel case, with four-page booklet.
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PERMVAC 177-1EP
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After last year's Heartbreak Hotel (PERMVAC 166-1EP, 2017), including the mighty "Glitter", here comes Night Heat, the new TB EP. Wave house, disco noir, acid love, and an all Roland gear slo-mo session of the early '90s trance-rave classic "Schöneberg" by Marmion. Gerd Janson noted "sounds good" when he dropped it at Sven Väth's party on Ibiza.
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PERMVAC 176-1EP
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Permanent Vacation deliver a brand-new track, "Reach Out" by Gerd Janson and Philipp Lauer plus special guest Joe Goddard for their Tuff City Kids project. Includes fantastic remixes by Erol Alkan and Osborne.
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PERMVAC 173-1LP
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"He Sings! He Dances! The fabulous new album!!!" says the original sticker on DMX Krew's Nu Romantix LP and nothing changed 20 years later for Edward Uptown, aka Ed DMX. Permanent Vacation marks the 20th anniversary of this influential album, originally released in 1998, with this special re-release. The music is now as relevant as it was 20 years ago, when the king of electro power ballads sings about the essential things in life and takes you to the place called love -- that is more needed than ever before. Presented here for the first time on a loud and sharp 45rpm, double 12". The set includes an instrumental of "Come To Me" as bonus track. Carefully remastered by Lopazz.
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PERMVAC 174-1EP
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It's done. The final, last, and endmost volume of remixes for Tuff City Kids' (aka Philipp Lauer and Gerd Janson) unique debut album, Adoldesscent (PERMVAC 153CD/LP, 2016), are here. Featuring KiNK, Prins Thomas, Sascha Funke, Shan, Justin Strauss's Whatever/Whatever project, and Brussels's bohemian Mugwump, TCK originals are treated with acid, Balearic rhythms, lean Berlin grooves, New York City dubs, UK breaks, and Belgian new beats. Remixes by KiNK, Prins Thomas, and Sascha Funke. Includes previously unreleased proto-rave rocket "Icebot".
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PERMVAC 175CD
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Release the beast! 6 is the number of Permanent Vacation's biennial Selected Label Works series. Time to land on planet Permanent Vacation and step into the past two years... Hearing Voices with John Talabot. "Glitter", now and forever by TB. The sun always shines in Tel Aviv. Benjamin Fröhlich rocks uptown at "Holloway" station. There is a conga hit by Gerd Janson. Marvin & Guy are dancing with fire, super hero Argoman comes to rescue, or better "ESC" with Lauer. A happy moment with Roman Flügel, Love is the message, pray the Lord Of The Isles, Kauf, and Fort Romeau. Dusted beams from Daniel Bortz, Lake People, and Lawrence. And those monster magnets by Konstantin Sibold, DJ Koze, Mano Le Tough, Red Axes, and Tuff City Kids with and without Annie ... better dial the number. Includes 12-page booklet. Also features New Jackson, Jasnau, Prins Thomas, and Woolfy vs Projections.
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PERMVAC 171-1EP
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Mount Liberation Unlimited strikes back -- the Swedish duo, consisting of Tom Lagerman and Niklas Janzon, land on planet Permanent Vacation. Body Language is the fifth release for MLU, and it sees the duo heading into more pop-y territories than before. "Swedish Version" is a full-on pop disco track with rich instrumentation and infectious vocals. While the "Mouth Mix" is the Swedish interpretation of Chicago house and gets even more physical with its drum-heavy beats and computerized vocals. There's also the instrumental of the "Swedish Version".
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Brazilian born producer and "studio freak" TERR debuts on Permanent Vacation. Heavily influenced by her use of analog gear, her sound is a combination of techno, house and disco with futuristic textures and elements. Throwback disco meets techno, alongside a scintillating synth on "Have Your Ever" not forgetting the mesmerizing robotic female vocal hook.
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